Prospección y caracterización de materiales granulares en las cuencas de Loja, Malacatos-Vilcabamba para la aplicación en la elaboración de baldosas

Abstract

Abstract:The present research work consists of the prospecting and characterization of granular materials in the Loja, Malacatos-Vilcabamba basins, for the application and elaboration of tiles, obtaining as a result five potential areas, for the Loja basin are: the park sector El Carmen industrial and sector, for the Malacatos-Vilcabamba basin are: the Pedregal sector, old road to Quinara and the El Huato mining concession. The methodology was carried out in stages of bibliographic collection, field, laboratory and analysis of results. The physical-mechanical tests, the material was characterized for application in prototypes of tiles with granular soils as a basic component, 30 cubic mortars were developed reaching a compressive strength of 22 MPa and a flexural strength of 28.7 MPa in the tiles after 28 days of curing. With the results, prototypes of tiles with different diameters in the particle size were designed and developed in order to demonstrate that manufacturing with granular material is possible, making it an option to boost the economy in the south of the country.